Antigone Review

Where was the play set?

• Rome
• Istanbul
• Greece

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Who wrote the play?

• Shakespeare
• Socrates
• Sophocles
• Aristotle

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Polyneices and Eteocles are

• Creon's sons
• Antigone's brothers
• Greek gods

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Creon initially refuses to give Polyneices a proper burial because he . . .                          

• wants to test Antigone's lyalty
• feels Polyneices is a traitor
• he faught for Thebes

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Creon declares that anyone who disobeys his order not to bury Polyneices will be

• enslaved
• imprisoned
• put to death

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By insisting on the burial of Polyneices, Antigone is showing all of the following except

• stubborn courage 
• respect for the laws of the gods
• love for Polyneices
•  hatred for Eteocles

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When she is brought by the sentry to face Creon, Antigone...

• denies her guilt 
• implicates Ismene
• accuses the sentry
• admits her guilt

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Creon considers Ismene...

• a traitor
• a friend
• worthless
• the intelligent sister

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The character who is the blind prophet is . . .

• Haimon
• the sentry
• Teiresias

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Teiresias states the only crime is ...

• money
• greed
• pride

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